Have you ever tried sand sailing ? A found a sand sailer on eBay looks like it might be fun , I live in New Mexico and its 400 miles to water
Sand ?
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I've seen the carts with wheels and a sail, and I've seen ice carts with sails. Never saw the things directly on sand. I'd imagine you'd need a heckuva lotta wind.
Watched some for a while on a lake bed near Reno. They could have bought dingys and been on Tahoe in an hour instead but seemed to be having fun. Haven't found a flat sandy spot myself that didn't at times have wind so there's something to be said for no moorage fees or tags.
Everybody's joking aside, sand (beach) sailing is some serious, go-fast, sailing. The tires are usually exaggerated ballon type to overcome rolling resistance. They can be as simple or high tech as your interest allows, and much like ice sailing, land sailing, or catamaran sailing, you are generally sailing to windward all the time do to the apparent wind.
Oh, - Wear a helmet.
Oh, - Wear a helmet.
Okay... sounds like fun.. but let me nitpick your analogy here. Sailing to windward, or sailing upwind, is not due to apparent wind direction. Your Point of Sail is based on TRUE wind direction. Apparent wind direction is a combination of true wind speed/direction and boat speed/direction.
So, yes, the apparent wind indicator will almost always be pointing well forward, but that is a result of boat speed, not wind direction.
Joe, I was talking about SAIL TRIM, which is to the APPARENT WIND. Of course, your not sailing into the actual wind direction all the time. Would eventually have to call a taxi, wouldn't you.